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custom_webapp

Example module for Learning Puppet
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Version information

  • 0.1.5 (latest)
  • 0.1.4
  • 0.1.2
  • 0.1.1
  • 0.1.0
released Sep 19th 2017
This version is compatible with:
  • Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.x, 2017.3.x, 2017.2.x, 2017.1.x, 2016.5.x, 2016.4.x
  • Puppet >= 4.7.0 < 6.0.0

Start using this module

  • r10k or Code Manager
  • Bolt
  • Manual installation
  • Direct download

Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'samuelson-custom_webapp', '0.1.5'
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Add this module to your Bolt project:

bolt module add samuelson-custom_webapp
Learn more about using this module with an existing project

Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install samuelson-custom_webapp --version 0.1.5

Direct download is not typically how you would use a Puppet module to manage your infrastructure, but you may want to download the module in order to inspect the code.

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Documentation

samuelson/custom_webapp — version 0.1.5 Sep 19th 2017

custom_webapp

Table of Contents

  1. Description
  2. Setup - The basics of getting started with custom_webapp
  3. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
  4. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
  5. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.

Description

Custom webapp is a simple example application for use in Learning Puppet. It has a simple configuration file, a mysql/mariadb backend, a statically compiled web app, and uses nginx as a webserver. The application itself just serves up the contents of a table in the database called "pages".

Setup

Beginning with custom_webapp

The module requires parameters for the mysql backend. You can also set the module to manage an nginx server.

Reference

custom_webapp::app

Set up the webapp itself. The class has parameters for configuring the database connection.

custom_webapp::db

Sets up the database using the puppet-mysql and table for the webapp.

custom_webapp::web

Sets up a reverse proxy using nginx to point at the webapp.

Limitations

This module is just for demonstartion and shouldn't be used in production. It is limited to RedHat 7 based systems.